Garment hanger



Feb. 27, 1945. zlMMERMAN 2,370,436

GARMENT HANGER Filed Sept. 16, 1944 Inventor FRANK Z/MME'AMAN B, @emad-fiam Patented Feb. 27, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Frank Zimmerman, Detroit, Mich. Application September 1.6, 1944, Serial No. 554,465

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment hangers and has for its primary object to provide means carried by the hanger for clamping a skirt or a pair of trousers thereto.

A further important object of the present invention is to provide attaching means for a skirt or trousers clamping member and adapted for attaching to a conventional form of wooden or metal coat hanger without necessitating any changes or alterations in the construction of the hanger.

A still further object is to provide an attachment of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages residein the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed,'reference being had to the accompanying drawing. forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the hanger showing the attachment in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blank of sheet metal forming the attaching means for the skirt or trousers clamping member, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on a line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a wire coat hanger of conventional construction and which includes the inclined shoulder portions 6 and the lower horizontal hanger bar i,

A light gauge sheet metal plate 8 of generally elongated construction is formed at its upper ed e with a pair of tongues 9 and formed at its lower edges with tongues I0 adjacent each end thereof and with an intermediate tongue II, the

tongues 9 being adapted for bending over the shoulder portions 6 of the hanger, while the tongues l0 and Ii are adapted for bending over the hanger bar I to secure the plate 8 in position thereto as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing.

A pair of ears l2 are struck from the plate 8 adjacent each end thereof, the ears at the respective ends of the plate being bent outwardly in spaced parallel relation and formed with openings l3 adapted for pivotally receiving th inturned ends [4 of a substantially U-shaped clamping bar l5 adapted for clamping engagement against one surface of the plate 8. Mounted on the inturned ends M of the clamping memher is a coil spring [6 having one end I! bearing against the plate 8 while the other end I8 of the spring bears against one leg of the clamping member IE, to thereby yieldably urge the clamping member into clamping engagement against the plate for holding a skirt or pair of trousers on the hanger,

The intermediate portion of the clamping member i5 is formed with an upwardly ofiset portion [9 to provide a finger grip to facilitate gripping of the clamping member to release the garment.

It is believed that the detail of construction and manner of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoin without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

An attachment for a arment hanger of a type including inclined shoulder portions and a horizontal hanger bar, an elongated rigid plate, tongues formed on the edges of said plate adapted for bending over the shoulder portions and horizontal bar of the hanger for securing the plate horizontally thereon, and a spring actuated clamping member pivotally carried by the plate and adapted for clamping a garment against the plate.

FRANK ZIMMERMAN. 

